VC Fund Investments
Spacetech startup Sisir Radar bags $1.5 M from Shastra VC, Riverwalk, INVSTT
Kolkata-based spacetech startup Sisir Radar has raised USD 1.5 million (INR 12.45 crore) in its seed funding round led by Shastra VC. The round also saw participation from Riverwalk Holdings and INVSTT.The startup, which claims to have built India’s first drone-borne synthetic aperture radar (SAR) system, will use the fresh funds to strengthen its research and development (R&D) and manufacturing capabilities. It aims to launch a high resolution L-band SAR satellite by the end of 2026.Founded in 2022 by Tapan Misra, former director of Space Applications Centre (SAC) at the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), Soumya Misra and Urmi Bhambhani, Sisir Radar has developed SAR systems for air-borne and space-borne platforms operating in P/L/S/C/X satellite frequency bands.In addition, Sisir Radar has also developed a ground penetrating radar (GPR) system that uses radar pulses to create high-resolution 2D and 3D images of subsurface features, and can be used for infrastructure monitoring and bomb detection. The startup also offers drone-borne hyperspectral imaging solutions.
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